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There is little doubt that Nichelle Nichols' role as Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek series was ground-breaking: a Black female character that wasn't a maid or a slave or a criminal and one half of network television's first interracial kiss. Some may not be aware just how important civil rights leaders considered this visibility. She shares behind-the-scenes stories with her interviewer, the always dapper Janelle Monae. I could gush on and on about this, but really, just click the link and bask in everything that is right with the world.